Heh. I went off for several paragraphs about why I don't want people commenting just because they finished my fic. And I wasn't the only one. Although the vast majority seem to think that the point of comments are to get them rather then to hear from people who actually enjoyed their fic.
But, then, I count things like favorites/bookmarks as equal to a comment.
Re: Hit counts
I know the past few years has seen a big decline in archive use. There are fandoms out there, big ones, without a central archive now. That makes me sad, but gives me good hopes for AO3 filling in that gap. I think the result of this though has been people forgetting things like hit counts and how that relates.
And every archive is different, I think AO3 is still going through a learning process as people figure out how things work. But, for me, the Teaspoon is about 1:10 or so, HLFiction is maybe 1:50, Wraithbait 1:100-150. It's not the ratio that matters to me so much as a consistency. Because as long as my ratio is consistent then I know that my writing is consistent. When my ratio gets out of wack then there's a problem.
I may go make another comment about this on the post. C/P here I come!
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Date: 2010-03-11 03:31 am (UTC)But, then, I count things like favorites/bookmarks as equal to a comment.
Re: Hit counts
I know the past few years has seen a big decline in archive use. There are fandoms out there, big ones, without a central archive now. That makes me sad, but gives me good hopes for AO3 filling in that gap. I think the result of this though has been people forgetting things like hit counts and how that relates.
And every archive is different, I think AO3 is still going through a learning process as people figure out how things work. But, for me, the Teaspoon is about 1:10 or so, HLFiction is maybe 1:50, Wraithbait 1:100-150. It's not the ratio that matters to me so much as a consistency. Because as long as my ratio is consistent then I know that my writing is consistent. When my ratio gets out of wack then there's a problem.
I may go make another comment about this on the post. C/P here I come!